As the former triple-double king, Wei Shao took a sharp turn after tossing the Rockets, Wizards and Lakers. Especially after joining the Lakers this season, next to James and the thick eyebrow brother, Wei Shao wanted to complete the self-proof and launch an attack on the championship, and the team did not even get a play-off place. Therefore, cleaning up Wei Shao's contract has become the top priority of the Lakers' offseason reinforcement, although Wei Shao's annual salary is as high as $47 million, but the contract is too large, but it has a fatal temptation for those teams in the early days of reconstruction, so Wei Shao is not short of home.
Recently, marc Stein has revealed that the Pacers are also the potential next home of Westbrook, on the one hand, because the Lakers have been interested in introducing Hield, on the other hand, Westbrook's expired contract meets the Pacers' reconstruction needs.
Marc Stein also gave a potential 2-for-2 deal, in terms of player salary matching, the Pacers need to send Hield and Brogdon to match the salary.
In order to send away Wei Shao's big contract, the Lakers naturally need to increase some future draft picks to impress the Pacers.
Therefore, the potential trading plan is: the Lakers sent Westbrook + draft picks, from the Pacers to get Brogdon + Hield, but the specific number of draft picks name Marc Stein did not go into detail, but the probability is 1-2 first-round picks.
Obviously, for the Lakers, this is a sure profit, after this transaction, the Lakers can quickly return to the championship and impact the NBA championship next season.
Hield and Brogdon are both very good guard players, the two of them have very good scoring ability, after joining the Lakers can enhance the Lakers' offensive firepower, reduce the scoring pressure of James and thick eyebrows.
Hield averaged 15.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game this season, shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 36.6 percent from three-point range, and averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game. As the top shooter of the league, whether it is efficiency or output, Hield's three points are very good, after joining the Lakers, he can become the lakers' most stable three-point output point outside, open up the Lakers' offensive space, and create a better offensive space for Zhan Mei.
In addition, Brogdon is also a player with both attack and defense, and can average nearly 20+5+5 data per game, which is naturally a huge help for the Lakers to compete for the championship. His joining can share the scoring pressure of Zhan Mei, and can also share the pressure of James' ball holding, becoming the best helper around Zhan Mei.
For the Pacers, the core of their reconstruction is Halliburton, and Hield and Brogdon overlap with The Position of Halliburton, which will share a lot of Halliburton's ball and playing time, which is obviously not in line with the Pacers' team-building philosophy, and trading them is a very good way.
Apparently, the Pacers didn't see Westbrook's abilities, or his big expiring contract, which had a huge allure for the Pacers in the early days of reconstruction. Taking advantage of the huge salary space freed up by the expiration of Westbrook's contract has a very big effect on the Pacers' later signings or the renewal of young players.
More importantly, the Pacers can ask for 1-2 first-round picks in this deal, which can speed up the team's reconstruction and allow the team to return to the strong team as soon as possible. In addition, the Pacers also smoothly cleared out the contracts of Hield and Brogdon, after all, the two of them did not conform to the Pacers' concept of team building.
Obviously, this 2-for-2 deal is a sure bet for both the Pacers and the Lakers, and they both get what they need. The Lakers get two strong players, which can greatly improve the strength of the team and return to the championship next season; the Pacers are winning in the future, accelerating the reconstruction, and are expected to become a strong team in the East in the future.
So will this win-win deal actually make it this summer offseason? Let's wait and see!